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Yes right, but the gm45 chipset is a core2Duo chipset. And the X220 features Sandy Bridge (2011).

While it is possible to mess around with older implementations of the IME it is pretty much impossible with recent versions. It sits now on the CPU die and is inaccessible.

An it is only removing the ME blob in the system's flash memory. The ME has also it's own internal ROM which contains firmware which cannot be altered or read.




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